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Fall Baseball Is A Great Time To Learn!
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Ball is over for the summer! Take a break. Encourage your sons to go to the beach, golf or anything but baseball. Let them recharge. But now is the time for you to plan for Fall Ball.
Fall ball is a wonderful season. Some refer to this season as a developmental season, but not for the right reasons. This is not a time to just goof off, but a time to work on specific things. If they will be moving up to a different age group with a larger field and older players, it is a great time to get acclimated. This is a great opportunity to play for another admired coach or play a different position. If he's considered trying to switch hit, now is the time to try.
Fall is a great time to experiment. If he is a pitcher the Fall is a great time to work on a new pitch like the splitter or circle change. He should not be particularly concerned with his stats, but focus on expanding his game. If his coach is consumed with winning the Fall League to the exclusion of this kind of experimentation, you are on the wrong team.
For a high school junior or senior, Fall ball is an extremely important time to showcase his skills for pro and college scouts. This is the time that college recruiters have to actually get out and see the potential prospects without their coaching duties interfering.
For players 15 or so and up, the fall is when you get strong. From here on, only the strong survive. They must workout in a strength training program designed to increase baseball strength, not a program designed by some football coach designed to build hulking, knuckle dragging linebackers.
There are dietary supplements that are safe and will help build strength and lean muscle mass. Creatine is the most popular and effective. I would not recommend using creatine until a young man is 16, maybe 15 depending on how mature his body is. It will help them get strong. It will help them get bigger.
Build in the Fall for success in the Spring. Now is a good time to get started a home training program such as the one in the Baseball Skills and Drills video series.
Yours in baseball,
Bruce Lambin
Coach Lambin raised and coached two talented T Ball players who have become the best baseball players they could be. His oldest played at Texas while his youngest currently is the shortstop for the powerful Louisiana-Lafayette Rajun Cajuns. Bruce has coached over 100 pro & college prospects and continually shows a keen eye for many overlooked aspects of the game.
Check out his Little League approved Skills and Drills Video Series, a six video set that includes Defensive Skills By Position. His new book, A Parents Guide to Baseball can also be found packaged with The 59 Minute Practice video.
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